Lahiri Mahasaya

odd within their peers. They may not experience what their peers does on holidays, what they eat at home, and what language they hear the most. Their names may sound strange for local people. Jhumpa Lahiri, the writer of the novel The Namesake, is also a child of immigrants in America. In the novel, Lahiri depicts the struggle of a child of immigrants, particularly Gogol Ganguli, has throughout his life. Gogol’s perception towards his name symbolize his struggle for identifying himself…

In a crowded room, do you feel alone? In the book The Namesake by the author Jhumpa Lahiri, the main character Gogol Ganguli internally struggles to accept himself. Instead, he searches for a new identity. With his parents, he leaves India along with his culture, emigrating to the United States.The author, Jhumpa Lahiri, is very alike in comparison to Gogol Ganguli. They both have immigrated to the United States from India, and have a pet name and a preferred nick name. Gogol’s father, Ashoke,…

Losing yourself to society In the novel Bread Givers and the collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies the overarching theme of immigration is explored through assimilation, identity and Americanization. The ideas that the two texts explore are conveyed through the language and character in both stories. In Bread Givers and Interpreter of Maladies, immigration forces assimilation and Americanization upon immigrants, which alters their true identity. In the two texts, assimilation…

Jhumpa Lahiri uses irony in the titles of the stories to emphasize the sharp contrast between the fantastical expectations of the characters and the actual reality they have to face. In “A Temporary Matter”, the husband, Shukumar, has the expectation…

less the same…” (Lahiri 25). Her father responds by saying, “ Mr. Pirzada is Bengali, but he is a Muslim…Therefore he lives in East Pakistan, not India” (Lahiri 26). This creates a problem with Lilia and her father’s relationship because he believed that the American education was making her forget that she is Indian. Lilia’s father asks her what she in learning in school and she replies, “ We learned American history and American geography…studying the revolutionary war” (Lahiri 27). It seems…

There is a certain amount of time a person must spend by him or herself to attain adequate self-knowledge, but even then, they are constantly changing. To know and understand your past, including the past of your ancestors is important, but it does not dictate your future. Parshaw and Gogol are unsure of their complete pasts and therefore let it determine their present. They are both consistently on the verge of knowing who they are, while never quite reaching a full understanding of themselves.…

well as a teacher and Shoba, a proofreader. A short but simple story “A Temporary Matter” focuses heavily on the theme of lost love between the two protagonists. As the story progresses layers about each character is revealed in a chain of events. Lahiri demonstrates in “A Temporary Matter” how the loss can affect a relationship and showcases it with the techniques of setting and pacing. Setting and pacing are key to any story and can affect the credibility of the story. Caren Gussoff, an…

Namesake confront this never-ending predicament as confronted by immigrants while settling their lives in another land. They battle to keep up their personalities while attempting to shake them off in the meantime. It is especially engaging that Jhumpa Lahiri is the offspring of Indian settlers .Immigration is a surprisingly positive turn of events since it brings forth a Diaspora author. She crosses outskirts when she relocates alongside her folks, from Britain, her origin, to the U.S.A.…

name of the famous Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol. The child is brought up in a land which is not the country of his origin. Hence in this sense, he is neither American nor an Indian. So whenever he comes to Calcutta, he did not feel at home here. As Lahiri says: “They all come home to Calcutta and for this reason alone they are all friends. Most of them live within walking distance of one another in Cambridge.” (38). This is a very fine example of experiences of immigrant families who suffers…

How would a person feel and act if they had to pick up their belongings and move to a different country as an undocumented immigrant? These are three different stories with three different main characters, that are all going through or have gone through exactly that. The three following stories: “The Trip”, a fictional story by Laila Lalami, “Exile”, a poem written by Julia Alvarez, and finally “Outlaw: my Life as an Undocumented immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas all have three main characters…